# Corn Dogs--what have I missed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134 "2009-10-26T03:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/21 "2009-10-26T15:19:50Z")
These are the ones my kids like. They are available in the mid-west… not sure about elsewhere. Take the time to bake them, they aren’t too good when microwaved. [http://www.statefairbrand.com/varieties](http://www.statefairbrand.com/varieties) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/22 "2009-10-26T15:37:09Z")
_You ain’t nothin’ but a corn dog You’re a wiener wrapped in pone You ain’t nothin’ but a corn dog You’re a wiener wrapped in pone Put some mustard on ya In five bites you’ll be gone_ ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/23 "2009-10-26T15:41:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _You ain’t nothin’ but a corn dog > You’re a wiener wrapped in pone > You ain’t nothin’ but a corn dog > You’re a wiener wrapped in pone > Put some mustard on ya > In five bites you’ll be gone_ BRAVO!!! Johnny, you are truly the King :D. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/24 "2009-10-26T15:45:39Z")
If you are the type to order Schwan’s (frozen convenience foods delivered straight to your door!), I’m given to understand that the Schwan’s mini corn dogs are excellent. Also, if there is an A&W fast food restaurant near you (we are lucky enough to have one here that is combined with a Long John Silver; hubby and I can get out not-really-seafood fast food fix, while the kid gets her not-really-hot-dogs A&W fix, _and_ we can all get a frosty mug of A&W root beer to go with it!), then A&W sells mini corn dogs, too. At least on their kids’ menu. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/25 "2009-10-26T15:48:47Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Beware the corn dog. It’s disguised in a coating of fried batter, and who knows what could be lurking underneath? By the time you find out, it’s too late. What kind of **dangermom** are you? You should ask the mods to change your name to **boringandsafewhosekidsnevergettodoanythingandgettauntedatschoolforbeingwussesmom** ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/26 "2009-10-26T16:12:16Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > **Dowse** in mustard. 🙂 So to find something hidden in mustard, use a corn dog instead of a forked stick? Thanks for the tip. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/27 "2009-10-26T17:41:02Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > What kind of **dangermom** are you? You should ask the mods to change your name to **boringandsafewhosekidsnevergettodoanythingandgettauntedatschoolforbeingwussesmom** Oh, my kids love corn dogs. They have been warned, and they may choose for themselves. But I never buy them, because I had a traumatic incident with a corndog in my youth, and I never touch the sly treacherous things. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/28 "2009-10-26T17:47:36Z")
I’m gonna add another “not me” vote where Alton’s corn dog recipe is concerned. Visible bits of corn in a roughly cylindrical shape? And brown to boot? Not this little black duck. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/29 "2009-10-26T17:54:25Z")
> [@plankter](#): > > So to find something hidden in mustard, use a corn dog instead of a forked stick? Thanks for the tip. 😉 Dowh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/30 "2009-10-26T18:06:51Z")
It’s been years since I’ve had a corn dog. I used to buy them at the local Aldi’s, so they were probably not all-beef (no idea what brand they were) but the mustard probably masked the taste. I was at the NC State Fair last week and there were lots of booths selling them; a couple of times I thought about getting one, but there were so many other things I wanted to try that I never got around to it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/31 "2009-10-26T18:53:02Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Mmm. I may have to head over to the [Cozy Dog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_Dog). Ya know, I haven’t been there in 20 years. I should swing by sometime. Mrs. Homie, OTOH, works practically across the stree from there. Her assessment of the Cozy Dog: meh. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/32 "2009-10-26T19:19:31Z")
In one of emeril’s cookbooks he had a great corndog recipe. Everyday’s a party I think? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/33 "2009-10-26T19:29:12Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Ya know, I haven’t been there in 20 years. I should swing by sometime. Mrs. Homie, OTOH, works practically across the stree from there. Her assessment of the Cozy Dog: meh. Yeah, but unless I’m mistaken Mrs. Homie is of the female type, and that is the wrong demographic for corn dog ratings. The correct demographic is Guy… Fat Guy… Drunk Fat Guy. Ok, maybe not all the way to drunk, only after the 3rd beer (around 10 am). ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/34 "2009-10-26T20:37:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > If you do buy the frozen ones from the supermarket, read the label. You want all beef dogs. > There are some turkey/chicken/pork versions that are abominable.:mad: > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A note about frozen corn dogs (and, I’m pretty sure, mini-mart ones): They’re made of chicken. This is not good. Hot dogs should be made of beef. Or beef and pork. No, beef. I can’t see insisting on a quality hot dog if it’s going to be covered in deep-fried corn batter. It seems to me corn dogs are barely passable as fair or mall food because of their convenience and portability, but I wouldn’t dream of choosing one over a real hot dog on a bun for a sit-down meal. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/35 "2009-10-26T20:47:14Z")
> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#): > > I think I would agree with you–it seems like a carnival type of thing. So I will wait until the next time I am at that type of venue. I have waited 50 years, what the hell! 41 years here, and it is on my Food Holy Grail list. I finally had chicken fried steak last year but it looks like corn dogs will have to wait for next fair season. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/36 "2009-10-26T20:56:54Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > I can’t see insisting on a quality hot dog if it’s going to be covered in deep-fried corn batter. It seems to me corn dogs are barely passable as fair or mall food because of their convenience and portability, but I wouldn’t dream of choosing one over a real hot dog on a bun for a sit-down meal. Poultry dogs just don’t taste right. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/37 "2009-10-26T21:00:05Z")
I don’t trust those ones from the fair, though I’ve purchased one or two. I’ve made them in the past, and it’s all about the quality of the ingredients that go into them. Use crap $.99 for 10 hotdogs, and you get a crap corndog. I need to make them again. It’s been a few years (since I last saw the Good Eats episode), and I’m sure my 4yo would love them! She’s a hotdog eating machine. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/38 "2009-10-26T21:20:37Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I don’t think that there’s anyplace better than fairs/carnivals. Carnies have got it down to an exact art form. Plus it’s got that great “once a year” quality to it. I recall eating them about once a week in elementary school, where we were also treated (subjected?) to Salisbury steak, “pizza burgers,” and other 1970’s-Food-Pyramid-toppling abominations. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/39 "2009-10-27T00:49:29Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > **I can’t see insisting on a quality hot dog** if it’s going to be covered in deep-fried corn batter. It seems to me corn dogs are barely passable as fair or mall food because of their convenience and portability, but I wouldn’t dream of choosing one over a real hot dog on a bun for a sit-down meal. It really does make a difference. The turkey and chicken ones are fowl. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134/40 "2009-10-27T01:08:18Z")
> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#): > > Corn Dogs–what have I missed? First, how likely are you, already, to die of a stroke or myocardial infarction within the next couple years? If the answer is, “pretty damned likely,” there’s no hope for you and I’ll send you with my blessing to what will be but a minor acceleration to the inevitable. Otherwise, avoid them. They aren’t worth it. Ever wake up next to the last person you wanted to leave the party with, and realized it hadn’t even been fun? That is eating a corndog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-dogs-what-have-i-missed/515134.md?page=3)